Channeling the effortless magnetism of Elsa Peretti, this season, Yves Salomon sculpts ease into elegance—clothes that don’t try too hard, they just are; fluid silhouettes in motions like tales, rich in texture, light in attitude, and confident enough to let simplicity steal the show.
Elsa Peretti was that kind of woman—one who didn’t just live, she designed her life. Born in Italy in 1940, she started as a model in the 1960s, part of that Studio 54, jet-set, Halston-era crowd—but she became legendary as a jewelry designer for Tiffany & Co. Her work was sensual but minimal, where others chased excess, Elsa pared it down to feeling. Beyond aesthetics, she lived wild nights and spiritual solitude—unrestrained, inventive, and unapologetically her own. So when Yves Salomon says his SS26 muse is Elsa Peretti, it’s not just about a look—it’s about a way of being: effortless elegance, intuitive sensuality, and the kind of sophistication that doesn’t need to announce itself.
The SS26 collection follows her rhythm: pure lines, easy gestures, silhouettes that breathe. Clothes that glide on the skin, not to conceal but to reveal how freedom looks when it’s tailored. The palette draws from the language of light—a prism of muted minerals, serene contrasts, and shades that recall the glow of contemporary artist James Turrell’s installations. The tailoring is sharp, but the mood is loose. Trousers fall with fluid indifference, shirts catch the wind, and jackets hold their structure just long enough to make a point. Yves Salomon reimagines the essentials—sahariennes, suits, easy coordinates—infused with a new sensuality that feels both grounded and elevated.
You sense the craftsmanship in the details: hand-braided leather trims echoing Moroccan zellij mosaics, a subtle symmetry perhaps as a meditative elegance. Fabrics—linen, cotton, silk, cashmere, supple leather—carry that natural authority, timeless and tactile, like objects meant to be lived in, not just worn. And then there’s the attitude. The working girl evolves—less corporate armor, more fluid power. She experiments with textures, and scale – slightly audacious, but never performative. Her elegance is instinctive, her sensuality unforced. Yves Salomon SS26 is for the woman Elsa would have smiled at—anchored in tradition, fluent in the present.
